#When I can't escape?

[lazylittledragon]

domesticating your vampire: a memoir

(beautiful high res version on patre0n)

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #astarion #tavstarion #KARLACH #i nearly forgot her #when you just escaped vampire slavery but now you have to save for a down payment #i can't stress how important it is to me that astarion has a birthday #i don't know why #also sex is fine but have you ever had someone wash your hair for you. there is nothing more intimate #i'm devastated that i had to desaturate the polaroid because the lighting was so pretty

[brother-emperors]

TRY AGAIN LATER

it's like. well. its several things.

(Plutarch's Crassus, trans. Warner)

and also this

(ibid.)

that compliment sounds like an insult, baby.

anyway, there's a fun kind of eroticism in being given everything, in taking things that aren't yours without any real consequence, in climbing towards becoming a Roman Alexander, only for one man to deny you, over and over and over again, at every turn. Sulla tried, Crassus did it better. who would put a butcher in their place? who else knows you well enough to do it? who else can match you step for step like this? doesn't it feel like a kind of intimacy, a kind of—

it's also about the 'even sulla kissed my sword/so you want me on my knees too?' innuendo was too good to pass up. that was actually the first line I wrote, I figured out the rest of this to justify making a comic with it

and finally! the sword line is referencing/playing off of Lucan's Pharsalia a little bit because it fucks hard

(Lucan's Pharsalia, trans. Jane Wilson Joyce)

EDIT: oh, and that's a public domain anatomical illustration of a heart. you know how it is with love and hate.

#marcus licinius crassus #gnaeus pompeius magnus #tris homines #komiks tag #roman republic tag #drawing tag #its about how many ways i can create situations where i have crassus call pompey a brat #the subtext going on here is that pompey and sulla are in the middle of their political falling out #and pompey is like. okay motherfucker. and crassus is something that sulla had under his hand #but uhhhhhh. its not going that well for pompey. because sulla got there first #and left his mark #dont worry tho pompey you'll get him in the end. your descendants are going to marry each other #and name two of their sons directly after both of you!! fucking wild. LOVE it #can't get much closer than that! altho pompey did try something when he married publius crassus' widow #crassus himself however holds true to his statement of 'no one is ever going to touch me ever again.' #he's like. not alive right either so it'd be hard to pin him down anyway #too haunted. your ghosts your dead your ancestors have escaped your family house buddy

[rotisseries]

hades fandom dash osmosis had me kind of thinking that than and zag were the nicer friends to lovers romance and that meg was the mean dominatrix type but in my playthrough I've found that meg is distantly polite and than is openly a tsundere bitch. ok

#like they're both clearly pissed at you but when you talk to them #meg will be like. “i have a job I need to be focusing on 😐” #and than will be like “TCH🙄 why are you even TALKING to me????🙄🙄🙄 you're planning on LEAVING ANYWAY.🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨” #worth noting that than is the one actually trying to help you whereas meg's job is to kick your ass. so #anyway I love them I can't wait to have my toxic polycule #“hades is a combat focused roguelike game about escaping the underworld and finding out where your mother went” WRONG. #it's a bisexual romance visual novel<333 #hades #hades game #thanatos hades #megaera hades #thanzag #megzag #I love having to guess at ship names here this is great #thanzagmeg

[mishoru]

Don't you think I look pretty curled up on this bathroom floor?

#when I had the idea for this drawing it was about overcomig/living in spite of mental illness #mainly depression #However #while sketching I started to feel a weird nostalgia for all the nights I did spend on the bathroom floor utterly powerless #hopeless #This sinking pit of sadness in my stomach #that can't quite be described #that is always on the brink of consuming you #truly and fully #That drains the world of all it's color and drops you into a sea of uncertainty from which you can't quite escape #but that you also won't fully drown in #Endlessly suspended in a state of unbreathing but still alive #I haven't had a night like that in a while #If you do know that you are not alone and these nights too will pass. #I copied the text I wrote on instagram I hope that is okay #drawing perspective oof #illustration #art #self portrait #procreate #vent art #overcoming depression #the amazing devil lyrics #personal art

[chrisrin]

is gemstuck sollux a fusion? :0

WHAT A FITTING ASK I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF DRAWING THESE GUYS!!!

yes, yes he is.

#chris doodles #homestuck #gemstuck #hs #sollux captor #i'm obsessed with them #was talking with a friend and we have their fucking entire story and vibe built out #in an episode like jailbreak #rather than how sapphire was kinda distraught and ruby was panicked to find her #bixbite and maxixe are both collectively like “i need to get out NOW before (other one) does because i REFUSE TO LET HIM HOLD IT ABOVE ME” #“HE CAN'T ESCAPE FIRST HE'LL HOLD THAT OVER ME FOREVER” #when they both escape the screen does a split screen and we see them running to try and find each other desperately #when they do #they rush at each other calling out each other's names #slamming into each other with something half between a headbut and a hug #one mutters to the other “i saw you first” the other says “i missed you” just as quietly #holding each other's gems as they touch foreheads #and theN THEY FUSE BACK TOGETHER!!! #he has this moment where he stands there and blinks #relishing in the moment #before summoning his visor and flicking it down like “alriight. back iin fuckiing buii2ne22” #stronger than you but its blackrom #instead of fighting jasper he fights eridan because fef and eridan are kinda the first antagonists to the group #and it gives SOOO much background for what happens with erisol later (i have a whole story for that fusion planned in my head) #anyways holy fuck #yeah im insane ask me more about them

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

self indulgent horross doodles just because i can >B)

#art #my art #my doodles #utmv #horror x cross #cross sans #cross!sans #horror sans #horror!sans #horror #cross #horross #horross or horroross...i think i'm gonna settle with the first one HHH #i have no idea what the actual ship name even is but i think it sounds pretty fitting xD #i wanna draw more of horror so much....he's so fun to sketch wawhahghga HIM<3333 #anyways shout out to blue for inspiring me cause goshsh there's SO many scenarios i can think of and doodle but maan #cross hates being stuck in bed cause he gets antsy headcanon<3 also because he hates feeling bored or useless :'( #but horror is just as stubborn about self care and spoiling his teammates with healthy snacks so good luck trying to escape him<333 #i also wanna draw more random less detailed/rendered art and actually post them for funsies this time! #because gosh i can't doodle the ideas i want to make when i keep nitpicking the drawings and spending hours on one piece augyhgh #next doodles up are probably gonna be about crepic because *shrugs* #i might as well have been dragged into the ships i never thought i would ever ship cause wow. i am weak for some bromance<333 #gosh cross keeps attracting every type of individual in the multiverse istg HHH xD he's fun to write so ofc he is<333 #thank you all for your support btw!! muah muah have a nice day everyone<3333

[dramaism]

#like master like pupil #like wife like husband

#alchemy of souls #alchemy of souls: light and shadow #kdramaedit #kdramadaily #kdrama #kdramagifs #cinematv #tvcentric #dailytvfilmgifs #tvandfilm #userbbelcher #chewieblog #userstream #usersource #mufaloedit #alcofsedit #little set today because i don’t feel like giffing anything huge #also when i noticed this little detail I screamed!!!! #she’s his beloved master (and wife) always <3 #i truly hate that transition on the 1st gif btw but well i can't escape it #without it it's only 8 layers so yeah ignore it it's ugly

[guqin-and-flute]

Mingjue strikes me as the type of guy to not offer up information about his sexuality/sex life in general but also doesn't consider it something to hide (and just doesn't care enough to.) Partly because he thinks it's stupid that people think it's their business at all and partly because he doesn't see it as shameful. He's got so much other shit going on and he's not gonna live forever, he's definitely not wasting time on worrying what Sect Leader Yao thinks of who he invites into his bed.

But people see him speaking out against Jin Guangshan's degeneration and the general Jin Vibe of opulence and indulgence, they assume that means he classes all """deviant""" sexuality in that category, and his reputation as being so rule and honor code abiding they assume he will agree as passionately with all of society's mores (re: homosexual encounters) and just assume he's strictly straight and discount any rumors that he isn't.

'Sleep with a man? Chifeng-zun? You must be joking.'

Meanwhile Mingjue is like, 'What? Yeah, we did. Can we get back to what we were doing, now? I couldn't give less of a shit and you're wasting my time.'

And still people would be like, 'Man, I don't know where these rumors are coming from!! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯'

#also on the flip side Jgy can't escape promiscuity rumors in every sphere of his life #and assume that any standing he got in the Nie clan was by seducing poor nmj with his preternatural wiles #and thus blamed on Jgy #kinda like people with wwx and lwj where even when Lwj literally stood on koi Tower steps and said #' i knew who he was. fuck all of you. I'm going with him. peace out' and carried his stabbed boyfriend away #and everyone cried 'HOW HAS THE YILING PATRIARCH MANAGED TO BEWITCH HANGUANG-JUN SO!! HE MUST BE UNDER A SPELL' #bro some people are bi plus you all suck #ANYWAY #nmj #text #my stuff #I'm just rambling but thats how i write him

[niyana-the-ambiguous-mobian]

Mom: *telling me about her day* "-you know what they say, you live and you learn."

Me and dumb Sonic brain filled rot:

#i can't escape this franchise even during a simple conversation #i immediately tuned out when she said that #sonic the hedgehog #sth #sonic

[astriefer]

We fail as a fandom if we don't talk more about the fact Alastair teaches Ari's pet parrot rude persian words (and will not be stopped even by a very tall person's opinion on the matter)

#for the matter I bet Thomas can't stop himself from smiling when Alastair smiles after Winston says a bad word #he just says he didn't bother because he loves Alastair too much #crazy bastard (affectionate) #SO ICONIC OF HIM #the fandom was right on so many things- and this idea of Alastair being a little maniac because he can- have no escaped my mind #I'll just take everything as canon from now on #alastair carstairs #the last hours #tlh #tsc #chain of iron #chain of gold #the shadowhunter chronicles #Winston the parrot #q #chain of thorns spoliers #chot spoilers #cot spoilers #chain of thorns

[sadlad03]

I read just lovers and now I am not the same

#I can't believe I escaped the marauders fandom during the height of my hp obsession when I was 13 only to get into it at 20 #james potter #regulus black #jegulus #fanart #sad draws #zeppazariel #marauders fandom #starchaser

[theplushiefox]

I wrote a ficlet on the first day of my last period and now I made it into a minicomic

cuddles are the best against cramps <3

#i wish i had someone to cuddle me haha #i swear i haven't forgotten edwin week #i just can't escape when i get an idea in my head #edwin #edxwinry #edward elric #winry rockbell #tw periods #fullmetal alchemist #fullmetal alchemist brotherhood #fma #fma:b #fmab

[egophiliac]

The chapter is insaneeeeeeeeeeee insaneeeeeeeeee please your thoughts pleaseeeee twest really went all out

HIS HORNS LIGHT UP

and all the other stuff that happened, look, I'm processing

#twisted wonderland spoilers #twisted wonderland episode 7 spoilers #twisted wonderland book 7 spoilers #to reiterate #spoilers spoilers spoilers #ahem #the HUMMING #the LOGO DROP at the end #god #me screaming: THE TAMAGOTCHI WAS AN ALLEGORY #unfortunate service worker: ma'am i asked if you wanted queso #god malleus you glorious idiot i knew you were going to pull this shit but still #i can't believe we got the one-two punch of mal's unique magic AND his overblot in the span of like ten seconds #he's so PURPLE! #i love him! #WHERE is my fashion doll with 12 exclusive accessories and horns that light up when you push the button on his back #so this is gonna be a dreamworld thing right #mal you put us all in a dreamworld didn't you. you sly dog. #is idia seriously going to be the only one who escaped because he was too depressed to leave his room. incrediblé. #oh my god are we gonna be doing TIME LOOPS #eeeeeee #this really is the best gift ever thank you tsunotarou

[bonefall]

Feel free to ignore you've probably got a lot going on right now, but considering you know a lot about DOTC and Clear sky, I had a question...

We know that he's a terrible, misogynistic, woman beating and war mongering lunatic who was excused of all his actions because his equally misogynistic brother said " But-But he's nice! Deep down! This isn't the real him! "

But! In a world where the Hunters could write such a character, what do you think Clear Sky would look like as an actual sympathetic villain?

Idk if that makes sense, but what I've thought of doing is taking purely cannon Clear Sky and attempting to change him enough that he's still an antagonist, but not too far where only Reddit defends him.

I don't think he works as a sympathetic villain, on any level, ever. I think you're making a huge mistake to even try, and I have never seen an AU where it was done well nor am I interested in entertaining the thought.

Characters. Are. Tools. They exist to tell a story. The story that people tell me, by obsessing over some alternate universe where he was "ACTUALLY sympathetic and had a REAL redemption arc," is that they're not fucking interested in his dozens of victims. Nor do they actually care about the abusive impact he had on the minds and feelings of his family. They're JUST interested in Clear Sky himself.

Just like the Erins. Everything that happens in DOTC revolves around him. Everything. All his wives die so he can be sad about it. His brother defends all of his actions and BEGS you to sympathize with his pain so he can be 'redeemable.' One Eye comes out of nowhere so that there can be an example of "real" evil to contrast Clear Sky so he's less bad in hindsight.

The first three books of DOTC are bad, but the last three are fucking insufferable because SUDDENLY all that Gray Wing apologia pays off, and they take their main villain and throw him out a window. You CAN'T have "redeemable" Clear Sky and the plot of DOTC without dragging in someone else to drive the conflict, to BE the bigger threat to "unite" against. Slash and One Eye have to be conjured up out of thin air so Clear Sky can WHINE about how people only suck his toes instead of deepthroat them after he killed all their friends.

And yet, in spite of this absolute failure of an attempt, we continue to see this bullshit "redemption" be a mistake because Clear Sky is a fantastic villain, with major antagonist roles in nearly EVERY bit of follow-up material for DOTC that came after.

He's the most consistent monster in all of Warriors.

He's a fragile, egotistical, self-absorbed megalomaniac who ALWAYS sees himself as the victim, REFUSING to self-reflect and blaming everything else for all of his terrible choices. He will USE your love of him against you like it's a chain through your nose, step out of line and he will yank you into place with guilt trips, manipulation, public shaming, and violence.

He's a child abuser. He's a tyrant. He abandons the sick and disabled as soon as they're of no use to him, with grand speeches about "illness" and "weakness." He's a murderer who stands above the shredded corpse of his victim and bellows, "I'M NOT GREEDY! I'M JUST STRONG!"

And you'd write a "good" redemption arc for this, why?

Why are people so chronically unable to accept that there are LOTS of people like him, and you can't save your abuser? Why don't you ask yourselves why you're not interested in exploring Thunder, or Petal, or Gray Wing, and how his toxic influence impacts them? Why does the sympathy fall on Clear Sky? What about the DOZENS of victims who are dead by Book 3, and how THEY could have been saved?

Why ruin a perfectly good villain?

What's behind this trend where a billion people say to me, "Yes Clear Sky is a walking cavalcade of fucked up abuse apologia, and an incredibly realistic depiction of an abuser, but how would you change this while keeping it all the same?"

I wouldn't. You can't. It wouldn't be the same story, or it wouldn't be the same character. Never seen it done well, and I have seen it a lot. So I don't entertain this deeply frustrating "Well What If Clear Sky But Nice" impulse.

#The closest I'll ever get to that is Fallenleaf. And she lost it all #And spent years in the time-out tunnel #BAD KITTIES GO IN THE PEAR WIGGLER TO BE SUFFICIENTLY WIGGLED. #I don't think people in power typically change. If they do it's so rare it's not worth entertaining. Camel through the eye of a needle shit #and I mean ALL powers. this goes for abusive relationships too. I think they need to lose that power before they change. #When you have power. REAL power. You can fill those holes with it. You can force people to not leave. #so im actively hostile to stories that winge and cry about giving powerful people endless sympathy and chances #You've already shown me what you want to do with your power and as long as you keep it you haven't seen your consequences. #Power reveals. #It doesn't corrupt. It reveals. #DOTC hate #clear sky's redemption arc #If you're in an abusive relationship or under a terrible boss or in some other bad environment. You won't fix it. #You are not responsible for fixing it. #You can't fix it. #And they will not change. so GET OUTTA THERE #And that's who he functions best as. To me. #He's the bastard you need to escape. #And that's infinitely more compelling to me than Nice Clear Sky Attempt 32324 #I don't write stories that beg you to sympathize with tyrants and keep your heart open to some maybe-change on the horizon #I write stories where they ruin everything they touch and have to be forcefully yanked out of power before they hurt more people. #And also screw every related take that's like 'ohhh after 5000 years of having his toes sucked he regrets it a bit :(' #no he fucking wouldn't. he had his toes sucked for 5000 years. He's vindicated by how fondly he's remembered. #You can't fucking tell me that he doesnt REVEL in how violent the culture became. That him being offended about the clan's exile- #--was anything but him being offended his namesake was going away. That he wouldn't parade around like every choice he ever made was right. #''I made some vague mistakes which I will never name. BUT Im never wrong and always did it my way even if it was hard'' #If you haven't met a person like that I envy you. #bone babble #Nothing makes me mad quite like this character #Again I yell about his brother a lot because he's widely loved by the fandom

[autismmydearwatson]

THAT WAS DUNE???? THAT WAS JUST A QUIRKED UP WHITE BOY DOING SO MANY DRUGS HE BECOMES JESUS

#I finished Dune can you tell #So it's a pretty good analysis of ecology and colonization and white savior complexes #Except I like that Paul literally can't run from his destiny as a white savior. No matter what he tries to do to stop the Holy War #the loyalty of his followers ALONE is what will cause it! #He can do the most ordinary things a 18 year old boy is capable of with some added psychics and it will be sanctified #because of the Bene Gesserit manipulating the indigenous population into seeing Godhood in everything their perceived messiah does! #When he says “I didn't even draw my knife but it will be said of this day that I slew twenty Sardaukar by my own hand” #“I cannot do the simplest thing without its becoming a legend. They will mark how I parted from Chani #how I greet Stilgar-- every move I make this day. Live or die it is a legend. I must not die. #Then it will only be legend and nothing to stop the jihad.“ #And “I have seen a friend become a worshipper” #goddddd hes trying so hard to escape his fate but his cult are so loyal to him his fate will come no matter what he does #dune

[abelllia]

Thank you to @intr0vrt3dextr0vert who gave me the suggestion "The S1 TMA crew (Sasha, Tim, Elias etc) going on a (regular lol) work bonding trip like going to the movies or something >:]"!

[Image ID: A digital drawing of the Season 1 Magnus Archives crew watching a movie in an empty theatre. On the left sits Elias, calmly steepling his fingers together and looking at the screen. An arrow points towards him with the text "secretly Watching the better movie next door." Next is Jon, who is sleeping and leaning his head against Martin who is seemingly watching the movie with a happy expression. The arrow pointing towards Jon has the text "bad sleeping habits finally caught up to him" while the arrow pointing to Martin says "*having an internal crisis rn*." Then comes Sasha who is mischievously looking at Jon and Martin while she hides her phone behind her bag of popcorn, implied to be taking a photo of the two. Her arrow and text reads "never a bad time for blackmail." Finally there's Tim who is staring intently at the screen while he leans over to take a bit of Sasha's popcorn as his container is empty. His arrow and text reads "actually paying attention to the damn movie." There is text at the bottom right corner of the image which says "POV: They're watching a bad movie" there is smaller text underneath it which says "(they bought out the whole house w/ institute money i guess?)" and another that goes "((or the movie really is just THAT bad)) ./.End ID]

The Ceaseless(?) Watchers

I have no idea what movie they're watching but Tim's invested anyway. I thought this was only going to take me a couple of minutes but it actually took a long while because

A. I forgot how hard it is to draw multiple characters in one scene

B. Low angle go brrr

But it was fun! The crew just hanging out and doing normal stuff for a change! Sure hope nothing happens to them ahahaha :)

#abellssketches #TMA #The Magnus Archives #tma s1 #s1 archives crew #Elias Bouchard #Jon Sims #Martin Blackwood #Sasha James #Tim Stoker #JMart #JonMartin #<- Look I can't help but put a LITTLE JMart into it #jussst a smidge #a tiny little helping #I initially wanted them to go to an escape room but I didn't want to draw a whole room+didn't knlw what they'd do #so to the movies they go! #also when Tim notices Jon and Martin he's definitely going to accidentally yell 'Woah!' and wake Jon up #Sasha tries to shush him but too late #Jon would immediately start apologising to Martin and Martin would apologise right back #they then don't talk to each other in the archives for 2 weeks and the incident is never brought up again (unless by Tim) #Elias would just be Elias....watching.... #with a quirked up eyebrow of course lmao #they are disasters <3 #love em